Test Times: Jerez - 13-09

Team has yet to confirm that Pedro de la Rosa will return for the final three races.

MF1 team’s new owner considering the Scuderia’s V8s for next year, after losing its Toyota deal.

Fernando Alonso's replacement for 2007, Heikki Kovalainen, set the pace on the opening day of testing this week at Jerez in southern Spain. The Finnish driver was joined on track by five other drivers.

GP2 driver Michael Ammermuller is testing for Red Bull Racing at Jerez this week.

The organisers of the San Marino Grand Prix, held at Imola, are not sure if the works at the track will be completed in March. The FIA removed the race from the calendar. The race will only return if the improvements of the track are ready in March 2007.

Honda F1 boss expects the team to be able to resolve any reliability issues in time to run a definitive spec engine in Japan/Brazil, before the homologation deadline for 2007.

Governing body says circuits are not answerable to drivers after GPDA criticism.

Many fans regret to see Schumacher leave the sport he has been dominating for a number of years in his Formula One career. Others are happy to see him go and welcome a new era of Formula 1. F1 supreme Bernie Ecclestone hoped the German would stay in Formula 1 for at least two more years.

Golfing superstar Tiger Woods rates Michael Schumacher as the world's best sportsman.

Pedro de la Rosa will also be racing the final three races with McLaren. The team's managing director Martin Whitmarsh confirmed in the Spanish media the Spaniard will be racing for the team in China, Japan and Brazil.

Governing body offers harsh words after F1 drivers' protest.